Tag Archives: Socrates

1. “The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.”

A. Margaret Thatcher

B. Jerry Brown

C. Mark Twain

2. “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”

A. Judy Garland

B. Frank Sinatra Jr.

C. Kim Jong-un

3. “I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.”

A. John Stuart Mill

B. Jon Stewart

C. Martha Stewart

4. “Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.”

A. Oprah Winfrey

B. W.C. Fields

C. Jacques Cousteau

5. “The poor object to being governed badly, while the rich object to being governed at all.”

A. Snoop Dogg

B. Charles Koch

C. G.K. Chesterton

6. “By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.”

A. Mark Zuckerberg

B. Socrates

C. Cliff Claven

7. “You can’t start a fire without a spark.”

A. Smokey Bear

B. Bruce Springsteen

C. Jim Morrison

8. “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received.”

A. Albert Einstein

B. John Wayne

C. Chris Christie

9. “A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”

A. Roseanne Barr

B. Ingrid Bergman

C. Gene Simmons

10. “Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.”

A. Dalai Lama

B. Salvador Dalí

C. Dolly Parton

Answers:1-C, 2-A , 3-A , 4-B , 5-C , 6-B, 7-B , 8-A , 9-B , 10-A

Scoring: 10–QQQQ = Quote-Master

(number correct) 8-9–QQQ = Scholar

6-7–QQ = Literate

4-5–Q = Semi-Literate

0-3–No Q = Quote-Dunce

BONUS QUOTE:

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.” ― D. Elton Trueblood

(Trueblood, 1900-1994, was an American Quaker author, educator, and theologian.)

1. “Now it is summer, and, as usual, life fills me with transport and I forget to work. This year I have struggled for a long time, but the beauty of the world has conquered me.”

A. Leo Laporte

B. Leo Carrillo

C. Leo Tolstoy

2. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

A. Mario Andretti

B. Will Rogers

C. Jon Bon Jovi

3. “The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”

A. Ursula K. Le Guin

B. Henry Ford

C. Carnac the Magnificent

4. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

A. Harry Reid

B. Mark Twain

C. Michelle Jackson

5. “It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it’s one damn thing over and over.”

A. Confucius

B. Edna St. Vincent Millay

C. Thomas Jefferson

6. “Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”

A. Friedrich Nietzsche

B. John Boehner

C. Leon Panetta

7. “Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.”

A. Nancy Grace

B. Danny Tanner

C. Socrates

8. “No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I’m not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.”

A. Bill Cosby

B. Rodney Dangerfield

C. Hassan Rowhani

9. “When we win, I’m so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I’m so depressed, I eat a lot. When we’re rained out, I’m so disappointed I eat a lot.”

A. Tommy Lasorda

B. Willie Mays

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. “I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.”

A. Cliff Clavin

B. Alex Trebek

C. Edgar Allan Poe

Answers:1-C, 2-B , 3-A , 4-B , 5-B , 6-A , 7-C , 8-A , 9-A , 10-C

Scoring:10–QQQQ = Quote-Master

(number correct) 8-9–QQQ = Scholar

6-7–QQ = Literate

4-5–Q = Semi-Literate

0-3–No Q=Quote-Dunce

BONUS QUOTE:

“When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.” – Senator Henry F. Ashurst

“Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education… no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.” – Abraham Flexner